Dr ZHOU Wentao
Associate Professor
Director of Education (CET)
Programme Director for Master of Nursing
Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies (NUS Nursing),
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
Teaching Areas
- APN’s critical thinking and clinical decision making
- APN role transition
- Clinical leadership and evidence translation
Associate Professor Zhou Wentao is the Director of Education for Continuing Education and Training (CET). She has been the Master of Nursing programme director since 2015, this programme is the only nursing master which provides training for Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) in Singapore. Being a registered neuroscience APN, she continues her clinical practice with Singapore National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) with a joint appointment.
She spearheaded the multiple curriculum revisions for the Master of Nursing programme and initiated the Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) development for APN training. She is one of the key personals who contributed significantly for the national collaborative prescribing programme (NCPP) in Singapore from the conceptual mapping, implementation and evaluation.
Associate Professor Zhou serves as the Co-chair of International Council of Nursing Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Nurses (ICP NP/APN) research subgroup and actively involved in various APN development activities both locally and globally. She is also serving as the President of Sigma Upsilon Eta Chapter, an international honour society of nurses, to advocate Singapore nursing leadership development.
Associate Professor Zhou is very passionate in advancing nursing professionalism and leadership and believes that quality nursing is key in patient care and wellness. She consistently applies the principles of health promotion, disease prevention, early rehabilitation, and holistic care in her clinical practice and teaching.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, National Univeristy of Singapore
- National Collaborative Prescriber, National University of Singapore
- Post-graduated Diploma in Higher Education, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
- Master of Nursing, National University of Singapore
- Bachelar of Health Science, Univeristy of Southern Queensland, Australia
- Advanced Diploma in Neuroscinece, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
- Diploma in Nursing, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore
Research Interests
- Advanced Practice Nurses Development (Education, Competencies, Practice model, Outcomes and Policies)
- Continuing Education and Training
- Patient Centred Care
| Publications | DOI | Impact Factor |
|---|---|---|
| Wentao, Z., Lien, P. C., Lian, C. H., & Shorey, S. (2022). Development of entrustable professional activities for advanced practice nurses education. Nurse Education Today, 105462. | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105462 | 3.906 |
| Chen, Y., Zhou, W., Hou, L., Zhang, X., Wang, Q., Gu, J., Zhang, R., & Yang, H. (2022). The subjective experience of family caregivers of people living with Parkinson's disease: a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature. Aging clinical and experimental research, 34(5), 959–970. | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-021-01995-9 | 4.481 |
| Woo, B. F., Poon, S. N., Tam, W. W., & Zhou, W. (2021). The impact of COVID19 on advanced practice nursing education and practice: A qualitative study. International Nursing Review. | https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12732 | 3.384 |
| Woo, B., Koh, K., Zhou, W., Lim, T. W., Lopez, V., & Tam, W. (2020). Understanding the role of an advanced practice nurse through the perspectives of patients with cardiovascular disease: A qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. | https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15224 | 4.423 |
| Woo BFY, Zhou W, Lim TW, Tam WWS (2020). Registered nurses' perceptions towards advanced practice nursing: A nationwide cross‐sectional study. Journal Nursing Management, 28(1):82-93. | https://doi.org/doi: 10.1111/jonm.12893 | 4.68 |
| Awards and Honours | Year |
|---|---|
| International Ambassador Award 2022 from American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) | 2022 |
| 2021 NUHS Teaching Excellence Award | 2021 |
| Minister for Health award for Collaborative Prescribing Standing Committee | 2018 |
| NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Faculty Teaching Excellence Award AY 2013/2014 | 2014 |
| Year | Project Title | Funding Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Feb-21 | Artificial Intelligent-enabled virtual reality simulation for interprofessional education | MOE TRF 2020 Grant (CoI) |
| Nov-20 | Evidence-Based-Healthcare and Computational thinking in Advanced Nursing | Finnish Natioanl Agency for Education Asia Programme 2020 (CoI) |
| Oct-20 | PRESCRIBE: mobile game to train health professional learners on safe prescribing in clinical practice | NUS LIFT Grant 2020 (CoI) |
| Jul-20 | Cultivating A RESponsive and Transformative Learning Community (CARES-TLC), a peer mentoring programme for Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) nursing students with postgraduate nursing students: A mixed methods study | Teaching Enhancement Grants (TEG) AY 2020 (CoI) |
| Apr-20 | Understanding Gender gap in advanced practice nursing: An exploratory study | Equal Opportunities and Career Development (EOCD) Seed Grant 2020 (PI) |
